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Get exactly the shots you want with professional-grade SanDisk Extreme® CompactFlash® cards. With up to 60 MB/s* read/write speeds you’ll see it takes more than a great digital SLR camera to bring your ideas to life. And with up to 32GB** of space you’ll have room to capture it all in RAW+JPEG and save the editing for later. SanDisk engineered its Power Coreâ„¢ Controller to take whatever your camera’s buffer can dish out. By distributing image data across the card more rapidly and efficiently this card delivers professional performance.—-Features:—– Write performance: Up to 60MB/s (400x)*— Read performance: Up to 60MB/s*— Capacatities: 8GB 16GB 32GB**— Udma: UDMA 5 enabled (works in all UDMA modes)— Power core controller & Enhanced super-parallel processing esp: Was invented by SanDisk to increase the card’s performance level— Temperature: Tested to perform from -25°C to 85°C (-13°F to 185°F)— Specification: Meets CFA Specification Type I Card— Durability: Shock protection and RTV silicone coating added inside for protection against moisture and humidity—-* Up to 60MB/s read/write. Read speed may be lower. Based on SanDisk internal testing: performance may be vary depending upon host device.–**1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes. X = 150 KB/sec. and 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes

• Datenübertragungsrate: bis zu 60 MB/s;

SanDisk 16GB Extreme CF Compact Flash Cards 60MBS – Retail Pack

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Released in 1972, Solaris is Andrei Tarkovsky’s third feature and his most far-reaching examination of human perceptions and failings. It’s often compared to Kubrick’s 2001, but although both bring a metaphysical dimension to bear on space exploration, Solaris has a claustrophobic intensity which grips the attention over spans of typically Tarkovskian stasis. Donatas Banionis is sympathetic as the cosmonaut sent to investigate disappearances on the space station orbiting the planet Solaris, only to be confronted by his past in the guise of his dead wife, magnetically portrayed by Natalya Bondarchuk. The ending is either a revelation or a conceit, depending on your viewpoint.

On the DVD: Solaris reproduces impressively on DVD in widescreen–which is really essential here–and Eduard Artemiev’s ambient score comes over with pristine clarity. There are over-dubs in English and French, plus subtitles in 12 languages. An extensive stills gallery, detailed filmographies for cast and crew, and comprehensive biographies of Tarkovsky and author Stanislaw Lem are valuable extras, as are the interviews with Bondarchuk and Tarkovsky’s sister and an amusing 1970s promo-film for Banionis. It would have been better had the film been presented complete on one disc, instead of stretched over two. Even so, the overall package does justice to a powerful and disturbing masterpiece. –Richard Whitehouse

Solaris – Criterion Collection

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The Allcam PCW106GE is a high quality 106″ projector screen in 16:9 wide screen format for ultimate home cinema experience. The PCW106GE projection screen uses high quality Glass-beaded material which is tear resistant, fire proof, wrinkle proof and is designed to hang perfectly flat. The electric motor and RF remote control enables you to conveniently open/close the projector screen while you sit comfortably in sofa.

The PCW106ME electric motorized projector screen also comes with RF remote control. Unlike normal remote control which you must point to the controlling point direct and without obstruction, RF technology-powered remote controllers always work as long as the object is within range.

This 106″ screen with its metal casing is 2.7 meters long, pls make sure your room is big enough. Many customers failed to check the space available in their room and ended up with waisting £20+ postage to send the screen back.

Allcam also makes a range of Projection Screens:

• Manual 80″ Projector Screen 16:9 Matte White
• Manual 92″ Projector Screen 16:9 Matte White
• Electric Motorised 92″ Projector Screen 16:9 Matte White
• 80″ Projector Screen 16:9 Matte White w/ Tripod Mount
• Electric Motorized 106″ Projector Screen 16:9 Glass-Beaded
• Electric Motorised 106″ Projector Screen 16:9 Glass Beaded
• Electric Motorised 120″ Projector Screen 16:9 Glass Beaded
  • Massive 106″ (234x132cm) screen in 16:9 widescreen format ; Overall dimension with casing: : 270x10x10cm
  • Glass Beaded Projector Screen: brightest images among all projector screens (Glass Beaded screens are much brighter than a matt white screens)
  • Wide viewing angle: 50°
  • Black borders & reverse to increases the perceived image quality
  • Electic motorized with RF remote control; Wall and Ceiling Mountable
  • This 106″ screen with its metal casing is 2.7 meters long, pls make sure your room is big enough. Many customers failed to check the space available in their room and ended up with waisting £20+ postage to send the screen back.

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Ex-Pro Freeview Receiver & Recorder – Plugs directly into scart input on TV, angles easily for unobstusive connection to scart ports (Excellent for LCD TV’s where space is a premium). Remote control with infrared receiver unit. Antenna In/Out connections. 5v DC Power adapter supplied. USB Connection to connect PEN Drive (1Gb-8GB) (Above 4Gb recommended for speed & space !) to allow recording of programs directly to USB Pen/Stick Drive. Any pen drive can be used providing the drive is Mass USB Storage coomplaint (Most are).

• Ex-Pro Freeview Receiver & Recorder – Plugs directly into scart input on TV, angles easily for unobstusive connection to scart ports (Excellent for LCD TV’s where space is a premium).
• Remote control with infrared receiver unit.
• Antenna In/Out connections. 5v DC Power adapter supplied.
• USB Connection to connect PEN Drive (1Gb-8GB) (Above 4Gb recommended for speed) to allow recording of programs directly to USB Pen/Stick Drive. Any pen drive can be used providing the drive is Mass USB Storage coomplaint (Most are).
• Contents includes:- Remote (Batteries not included uses 2 x AAA), Scart DVB-T Receiver, Remote Receiver, USB Converter cable, DC 5v Power Pack

Ex-Pro Scart Digibox Freeview Receiver & Recorder DVB-T Adapter Box

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CD/DVD plastic sleeves ideal for space saving storage of cd or dvd. High quality Plastic 100 micron thickness, scratch resistant. Ideal for protecting your CD/DVD from dust and dirt

• Plastic Wallet for 1 x CD or DVD Disc
• High Strength Plastic – 100 Micron
• Scratch Resistant
• Tuck in flap to secure disc
• Supplied in retail pack of 200x wallets

Neo Media CD/DVD Plastic Wallets – 100 Micron – High Quality –

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From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists–The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation‘s final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers’ wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3.

Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; the Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; the True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem’Hadar foot soldiers’ addiction to Ketracel White.

Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: “Bajor doesn’t need a man, it needs a legend”. A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine‘s first best destiny. –Paul Tonks

Equilibrium

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Sky Guide electronic programme guide
Enhanced RC including keys dedicated to time-shifted playback
Pause/play/stop/record/FF/RW
Two satellite feeds (tuner/demod.)
Hard disk capacity: 160GB (80GB personal storage space)
MPEG 2 audio decoder
Dolby AC-3 output and Dolby Pro Logic output
Supports ‘over air’ download of new software into FLASH memory
256 colour OSD from palette of 16k colours
Parental lock
Open TV middleware
Interactive applications
IP Internet Protocols for Interactive Services Consumer Features
Pause Live TV
Record programmes in Digtal Quality without Videotapes
Watch one digital channel while recording another, or record 2 channels simultaneously
Automatically record every episode of your favourite programme
(only when Broadcaster transmits link data)
Enjoy Dolby Digital compatible broadcasts (in conjunction with suitable decoder)
Pay Per View compatible

• Digital Video Recorder & Satellite Receiver
• Hard disk capacity: 160GB (80GB personal storage space)
• Dolby AC-3 output and Dolby Pro Logic output
• Pause/play/stop/record/FF/RW
• Watch one digital channel while recording another, or record 2 channels simultaneously

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In Transformers: The Movie it’s the year 2005, and the universe is going right down the toilet. Not only have the heroic Autobots lost their homeworld of Cybertron to the evil Decepticons, a giant metallic planet named Unicron is on the prowl, treating solar systems like a gigantic buffet and gunning for the Autobots’ matrix of leadership. Fortunately, struggling against the odds is what heroes do best, and it is indeed hard to keep a good robot down. As the battle rages from space to earth and back into space again, characters die, others are reborn and, ultimately, good must face evil in a climactic battle for the fate of the universe. When this animated film arrived in American cinemas in the mid-1980s, the Transformers–both the robot toys and the television show–were at the height of their popularity. Transformers The Movie took these battling ‘bots and, er, transformed them into film stars, albeit of the cult variety. The animation is a bit touch-and-go: at its best, it’s up there with classic Japanese manga; at it’s worst, it reeks of horrible 80s assembly-line productions. And the plot is little more than an advert for the (then) new toys, many of which show up as main characters in the film (Hot Rod, Kup, Ultra Magnus, Galvatron, etc). However, some of the action sequences are indeed spectacular–especially the battle for Autobot City–and the violence is a bit intense for what is, basically, a kid’s film (they may just be robots, but they still die, apparently). What really makes this film more than meets the eye, though, is the names who show up as voices in the credits: Leonard Nimoy, Judd Nelson, Robert Stack, Eric Idle and even Orson Welles, in one of his last roles, as Unicron.

On the DVD: In order to please the growing numbers of hardcore Transformers fans out there, the DVD version of Transformers: The Movie has been beefed up with loads of extra features: the original theatrical trailer, introductory footage taken from the BBC’s I Love 1984 and a picture gallery with music are all excellent additions, but best of all is Takara’s “The Four Soldiers from the Sky”. Though the dubbing and translation are a bit poor, it’s still a rare opportunity to see a Transformers episode that never aired outside of Japan.–Robert Burrow

The Transformers: The Movie

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